Das $build thread$ by dasbeast3.0

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So I got the elbow today. Fans clear which is good... but the msd bracket doesnt, and my piping from the i/c to the throttle body needs to be re-fabbed. Its in the complete wrong place. bummer. Gotta cut the bracket to fit, then make a new section of pipe unfortunately. I suppose i'll go buy some tri mix tomorrow. I'll get some pics shortly.

2/23/10

Got the pass. side fender prepped, primed and ready to spray tomorrow. There was a spot where the paint cracked, and the edges were pretty beat on the rolled part of the fender. New paint never hurts. Also gonna respray the door that got keyed.. Its not up to my standards, so I'm just gonna strip and re shoot it. Hopefully I have enough paint left to spray the abt rep. sides as well. Avcr came in today too !! I'll have more pics shortly.

Avcr:

Black is where its at, not a fan of the cheesy silver version.

I miss driving my car.

2/26/10

Off topic but BAAAD News. The building where I work collapsed under the 2 feet of snow this morning. My damn fender, paint, tools were in there. Not to mention a vette, jeep, and trailblazer. What an effin day. Anyone care to donate a vr fender? Lol

2/27/10

The c didnt get damaged I checked it out today.. a few light scratches but nothing that won't buff out. My brother thankfully put a blanket over the roof of the C before the sht fell down. Most of it hit the windshield and was pretty soggy. Finally good fkn news! Next week I obviously wont be working, so i'll have some time to work on the C. I was gonna take a break but fk it, I have nothing else to do, might as well get some sht done!

Got some nice shots of the carnage ! Destruction ftw..It was pretty fun smashing windows n stuff in.

somehow the front stayed up. The small window to the right is where i crawled in and scooped my fender/tools/ paint!

No, that is not a reflection Thats looking through the shop door! 

No progress on the C, but who doesn't like destruction? I know I do!

Just ordered the rest of my boost piping, couplers and t bolts. Got the V bands in to finish up the exhaust. Just a matter of getting there and doing work now. I might get stuck doing some demo work w/ the shop all week which would blow. I'll find out tomorrow. Gonna keep my fingers crossed lol.. a whole week of working on the C would be Tiiiiiiittiez.

3/1/10

Small update:

Took out and unwrapped the d/p, ground down welds and (re)strength welded it, coated it w/ 2000 Deg. paint. Welded in the v band flange and o2 bung also. Tomorrow I'll wrap her up and call it done. I feel much better about it now Also got the Gruven bracket installed.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get the exhaust done. I got lucky and have most of the week off. We demolished the building Sunday and scrapped it today. Also squared out the damaged ceiling in the garage so we can replace the rock :

rock covered C:

elbow fitment:

Gruven bracket:

3/2/10

Ok, Finally finished the nemesis of a downpipe lol wrapped it up and got it installed, not coming back out till it rots away. The damn w/g was binding up on it and not letting the pipe sit flush against the exhaust housing, I had to coax it with a hammer...just had to whack a small flat spot into the d/p and she's golden. Also got the oil return to clear the axle...had to turn a 90 deg fitting into a 120 deg., Fits perfect now. Filled her up w/ oil and had a pinhole leak around the weld bung so had to drain and weld it shut. Trimmed the msd bracket and got the t/b to fit properly, then trimmed the charge piping to fit correctly..my hood now closes!!! Mostly b/s stuff today but progress regardless! Didn't get to the exhaust like I wanted to. Tomorrow is another day.

Adjusted the shift linkage w/ the new gruven bracket..that thing makes quite a difference in throw/feel. def. tightens it up a good bit.

Pics:

Piping trimmed

msd bracket and icm housing trimmed:

oil return:

Dp DONE!

The beast chillin out :

3/3/10

More things:

Solenoid for EBC:

Pressure sensor for EBC:

CV's torqued up to drive flanges and wheels back on:

Started fitting the 3" system. Need 3 more V-bands... I got most of it trimmed and ready to go. Test pipe is done also.

B4 trimming:

Cleaned some of the sheetrock out of the rain tray area:

Top shots:

3/11/10

Ok, I have a fairly decent update. She Runs... very well. lol Tomorrow the exhaust will be done, got my plugs and gapped them, ignition is done, etc. Just waiting on t bolt clamps. I use some worm clamps for now to fire it up. Sounds mean as hell! Still have a ways to go but turning the key and hearing it start/ drive is an amazing feeling. Got a Vid below.

http://s384.photobucket.com/user/rad...02883.flv.html

Exh. parts drying:

Test pipe w/ 02 simulator, No cel